freespace2dotcom Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 While defense is too strong a word for this, wouldn't a first year who knew Mastery and Gates be able to detect if those magics were used easier than any other student? Or is knowledge of the magics themselves irrelevant to this sort of task? What is the current status of Y2? Can you tell us how much work has gone into it since I last pestered you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Free; It's relevant, but not necessary. Well, let's see...I think you last asked a week ago? So 1 week's worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 was Aminþia Que’la Auncish? and are Auncish and Oncestrian synonyms? when would one use one or the other if this is so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Auncesay is the modern name for Oncestria, so I suspect they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Here are a few questions I don't think has been asked before. 1. How many children have been born at the Academagia in recent memory, and what is the school's policy in dealing with that if it is a student becoming a mother? I imagine that in most cases, the school would try to deal with that well before but in the case where it is hidden until the last second, what happens, especially if there's a really good scandal to go along with it? 2. What are some of the benefits the school gives to Alumni? Even if the game will never cover it, would a person be able to continue studying at the Venalicium without drawing any special attention? 3. While becoming a professor right after graduation is very very unlikely, are there other positions that a recent graduate might be able to land at the Academy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 For Que'a, it's possible she was; she spent most of her childhood in a place that seems to have been called Quintale or Quintelle Forest, and some scholars have made a strong case that it's a place in Cyrenton that modern dwellers call Kyntan's Wood. But, of course, the mages of Monteon always swore that she was one of theirs. Free; 1) None that I am aware of, as expecting mothers must leave the University- that includes the faculty. 2) Access to the grounds, including its libraries, is the general benefit. There are seminars which are held for alumni, too, and of course the network. 3) Although it's rare, almost any staff position would be a possibility. They are always in needs of groundskeepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Forgive my ignorance, but what is the network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyrhet Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Like in the sense of networking at your job, getting to know people and making connections that are useful for your career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 1) Can you tell us what year 1 class beside the magic one is planed that can be taken in year 2 to learn them toward 20? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 And will Professor Sido have any Y2 courses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 3, 2017 Report Share Posted June 3, 2017 Schwarzbart & Rhi; 1) Not yet. 2) [Redacted] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Have students ever been expelled from their colleges due to opposing the dominant ethos of the college? For example, I could imagine a Morvidus student who is attracted to the college initially by its emphasis on revision magic but later becomes disgusted by the high number of animal or nature obsessed students whom the college tolerates and encourages through its focus on zoology. Assume that said attitude does not lead to decreased academic performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Rhi; Not overtly...;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Could you provide details about any covert ways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Rhi; Well, I meant more than the 'overt' ways have little to do with Student's interests...but grounds can be found for almost anything with enough malice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 If a foreign spy was caught trying to assassinate Catherine Chard, but no hard evidence could be found to determine whether this was an actual mission his superiors gave him or the act of an individual gone rogue (I assume that in these circumstances the country in question would deny all involvement and the spy in question would be either unaccounted for or dead), how would people react? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Metis; Hanging the spy, or some gruesome punishment, and possibly inciting the people against any suspected nationals of that country. They wouldn't likely accept an individual gone rogue as the likely case, despite any evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Have any Legates of Mineta tried to use their powers in the city surrounding Academagia to take students hostage to use for bargaining against students' families? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 Rhi; Hahaah! No. Not yet, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 What resources are there to legally research methods of defending against Mastery? In the Random event after the Octavia adventure, it's stated that Orsi published the group's findings on the type of Negation that was used, and implied that it was even stated as anti Mastery magic. I'm curious about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Negation offers a branch of study specifically around Mastery (and Gates, too.) But this is because you do not need to know the methods of Mastery to recognize or defeat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 How common are parrots in Mineta? are there mages who use them as familiars since they can talk? are they bred and/or traded as mundane pets and/or for feathers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Rhi; They are very rare in the City, although not unknown. Their plumage is especially prized, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 1) Is it planed that the NPC students lose their familiar if not trained it in year 2 like the player? 2) Is it planed that the current familiar of some NPC students get replaced in the next years? 3) Will some NPC student have multiple familiar in year 2 already or will this something only for the player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Schwarzbart; 1) No. 2) In at least one case, yes. 3) During Y2, I think it is Player only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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